Meanings
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1
noun
The day of the week between Friday and Sunday.
We usually go shopping on Saturday morning.
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2
adv
On Saturday.
They are coming to visit us Saturday.
Thesaurus
Etymology
From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).
*dʰegʷʰ-
Proto-Indo-European
Saterday
Middle English
sæterdæġ
Old English
*Sāturnas dag
Proto-West Germanic
diēs Saturnī
Latin
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